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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
I'll double check the food brand with the wife, she does our shopping. But I'm pretty sure it was vet recommended.
Webb, it's hard to describe without a pic, but it's a big fenced back yard with lots of grass. Across the entire back of our house is landscaped with a rock border and filled with river rock, including under our large deck. We did all of the work last year (pre-dog) and spent probably $1500 just in rock, so it's not going anywhere.
JR, sometimes one dog is one too many. It's a toss-up whether she or my three year old is a bigger pain, and sometimes I want to drop them both off at the pound. I think they conspire against me.....
In all honesty, I think it's a combination of playing and teething. She will grab a rock, even when we are outside playing with her, and start munching on it. Other times she'll toss it around.
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sounds like you added the rock(?) I am familiar with the rocky areas in western KS and was thinking of that
I suppose a suitably motivated small child could remove all the rocks that are small enough to be swallowed by your lab... but I find that their attention wanders
maybe try fencing or exclusion from the worst rock areas? a skirt on the deck is easy to do
one more idea - ask your Vet if there is a specialty DVM in town who does Canine Behavior (yes, they exist)
best wishes on nothing bad happening and I hope your lab grows out of it
My first Golden started chewing on a wedge of limestone I used as a door stop - he started at the small end and I didn't think much of it until he ate the entire thing.
My 2nd Golden mouthed rocks and would dive underwater to find a real nice one, but she never swallowed them
retrievers have been artificially selected to like having things in their mouth ("mouthy") and sometimes it isn't ducks